Improvement in fertilizer-distributers



diluita I/ planter.

CHRISTOPHER SALVO, OF OOLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SASSIGNOR TO 'nnuSELr` l JOSEPH C BREWER, AND ROBERT W. MILFORD, 0F SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 111,685, ama February 7, 1871.

The Schedul referred to in those Letters ntent and making part-olf the lame.

To a'll whom it may concern:

j Be it known that I, CHRISTOPHER SALVO, of Oolumbus, in the county of Muscogee and VState of 'Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Im- 'Figure 1 is a front view of tbc seed-planter and fertilizer-distributer-. A,

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view. Y Figure 3 is a top' view of thehopper, the cover being removed. i

The object O f my-invention is to furnish a cheap,

simple, durable, and accurate hand seed-planter and fertilizer'distributer, one in which the seed andfertilizer are deposited or fed by a -natural Ailow, thus'` not' only avoiding all complicated mechanism`, bnt alsol even rendering unnecessary the use of the ordinary` plunger and feed-plate or roller.

.T11e nature of `my invention consists' in construct-f ing the body of the'seed-bo; or hopper cylindrical or of a bucket-shape, terminating in an inverted hollow coney or funnel-shaped base, at the lower section of which is attached a sliding valve, the same being so pivoted as to allow of its, free movement in a lateral direction. When closed this valve is supported by -an elbow-spring or loop.

Within lthis cone is `secured a series of knives or blades, so arranged that as `the-seed or fertilizer is fed or flows it shall pass between them, which in- "sures the destruction of all lumps,l which, unless they are broken, are liable to clog' or choke the The bucket is provided with a bal,wby means of which it can be conveniently carried.l Y

lo enable others vskilledih the art Vto makeand use` my invention, I will now proceed to describe its conits free lateral movement, and is so arranged that by its movement the s eed or irtilizcr is fed, the quantity of its flow regulated, and the same interrupted `or checked at pleasure.

'It ismoved to and fro to Open and close the funnel-mouth of the hopper by means of a thumb-piece, b, or other convenient attachment, secured to the valve-plate.

C isan elbow-shaped spring or loop, secured to the side Of the hopper, as clearly shown'in Iig. 1.

'.lhc arlnc otfthe elbow of this spring or loop is directly under the month of the funnel, andis bentA at such at angle that when the valve is closed it not only serves as a support for the same, but so pressesl vit against its seat as to cause 'the formation of a perfectly tight joint, thus securely'guarding against any escape of the seed or fertilizer until such time as the operator shall desire.

D D are a series Ofknives or plates, and .are sef cured within and at or near the centre of the cone or funnel-'shaped base. .lhese may be of any 'desired form, eithera series of rings or blades, or they may consist of a union of these two sets of forms,las shown m eg. 3. l

- hese knives are so arrangedthat while they allow tbe-free iiow ofthe seed or powderedl guano or other fertilizer they prevent' the 'passage ot the same in lumps. 0n' the contrary, the lumps are broken by the knives simply by shaking the bucket. D is the top of the bucket, and is of the style usually used with a-close vessel.

E is the bail or handle, and is of the usual l|oop form, and permanently attached to the hopper.v

vThe operation is -as follows:

' The hopper A A' is iilled withthe seed or fertili izer.

against its seat that the escape of any portion of the contents is guarded against until' the valve is opened, which is easily done.

et the desired time, simply byfpressing on the-` properly separating the same and preventing the passage of any lump suiiiciently large to-clog or choke the machine. The size of the opening in the mouth ofthe funnel through which the guano or seed is fed depending on the position of the valve, the quantity sown can be regulated end'controlled at pleasure.

One of' the greatest advantages of my improvcmen y is found in the fact that it can be usedwith comparatively little actnal labor, and, consequently, fatigue to the operator. He has simply to take hold' of the bail and quietly walk along in a position as erect as heA pleases, while the machine successfully and laccurately y performs its work.

,Christi ffir;

The valve B being closed, the spring'C so presses it l l Havin thus fully described my invention, In testimony whereof I have signed my name to Vhat claim therein as new, and desire to secure this speeication in the presence of two subscribing by Letters' Patent of the United States, is witnesses.

'The hopper A A', constructed as stated,1 valve B, CHRISTOPHER SALVO. spring C, and knives D D, when the same are so cornlvitnesses:

bined and arranged as to operate substantially as described', as and for the purpose specified.

THG. J. SHIvERs, JNO'. E. BACON. 

